If this happens to your startup, and it will to many well thought of companies within the next two years, employees will realize that they’re just “wannabes” who “couldabeen” but are “nevergonnabe.” Because in the land ruled by King VC… even with the most...

As a new entrepreneur with limited experience and a myriad of tasks to complete, some mission critical and some mundane, don’t you have enough to worry about just developing your product, making sure it performs well and getting it into the hands or hard drives of...

Yes,being first means being less certain about success. You can expect that being less certain will always mean making more mistakes, require more time and wind up being more costly. It means trading speed for quality and high price for value. The “Pioneering Company”...

Perhaps entrepreneurs should stop asking themselves “What must I do and how many resources must I bring to bear to achieve a Pioneer vs. a Follower persona in order to gain a first to market advantage?” when the better question would be “Can I actually build a product...

A good example of this is Amazon. Most people believe that Amazon was the first company to market books online. This is not true. Amazon was founded in 1994 and launched in1995. That was more than twenty years ago so it shouldn’t be surprising to learn that few people...

What most startups lose sight of for the majority of categories and products with the notable exceptions of Big Pharma and prescription drugs, later entrants to the market often times have a much greater chance of success, profitability and even market domination. A...